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General Information and Past Events
WELCOME
TO NORTH READING READS 2006!
"It's a simple thing, this coming together
around books…Communities sharing a book can crack the isolation
of technology that allows people to do almost everything without
seeing another human being. The invitation to read gives a
person permission to clear space on the jammed schedule for
reconnecting with the joy of story hour.
What if the whole country read one book?
How about the world? Think about it."
The Boston Globe, 3/1/05
The winning titles for 2006 are:
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North
Reading Reads 2006 events
All events will take place in the Flint Memorial Library
Activity Room
unless otherwise noted.
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Date & Time
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Day
|
Event
(click on
title for more info)
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| Jan. 5, 6 PM
| Thursday
| Pizza and Pages
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| Jan. 28, 6 PM |
Saturday | North Reading
High School Hockey Game, Burbank Rink |
| Feb. 11, March 11, April
8, 1 PM | Saturday
| Saturday Afternoon Film
Series
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| Feb. 16, 1 PM |
Thursday | Town Hall Book
Discussion, Rm. 10 |
| Feb. 22, 10 AM |
Wednesday | Book
Discussion |
| March 9, 7 PM
| Thursday
| An Evening with Artist
Norman J. Gautreau
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| March 14, 7 PM |
Tuesday | Book Discussion |
| March 16, 7PM
| Thursday
| In North Reading, In Those
Days
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| March 21, 7 PM
| Tuesday |
Scrapbook Workshop |
| March 28, 2 PM |
Tuesday | Book
Discussion, Senior Center |
| April 6, 7 PM
| Thursday
| Italian Culture and Cuisine
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| April 11, 7 PM
| Tuesday
| Booktalk: of Roland Merullo's
Work
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| April 11 |
Tuesday
| Power Block Discussion,
N.R.H.S. |
| April 12 |
Wednesday | Power Block
Discussion, N.R.H.S. |
| April 13, 7 PM
| Thursday
| An Evening with Steve
Almond,
Author of Candyfreak
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| April. 26, 7PM
| Wednesday
| An Evening with Our Featured
Author,
Roland Merullo
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LINKS
TO SELECTED SITES OF INTEREST
Amazon.com
Revere, Massachusetts
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DISCUSSION
QUESTIONS
Discussion
Questions from ReadingGroupGuides.com
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IF
YOU LIKED IN REVERE, IN THOSE DAYS
If You Liked In Revere, In Those
Days, try:
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Saint of Lost Things
by
Christopher Castellani
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The
Patch Boys by Jay Parini
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
The River King by Alice Hoffman
Interpreter of Maladies
by
Jhumpa Lahiri
Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
Final Payments by Mary Gordon
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen
New Boy by Julian Houston
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NORTH
READING READS 2006 ORGANIZERS & SPONSERS
North Reading Reads 2006 is a joint project of the Flint
Memorial Library and North Reading High School Library.
The project is sponsored by a grant from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, made possible by the Library
Services And Technology Act, and administered by the Massachusetts
Board of Library Commissioners.
Additional Partners and Sponsors
- Friends of the Flint Memorial Library
- North Reading High School Parents' Association
- North Reading Book Discussion Club
- Reading Co-operative Bank
- The Savings Bank
- The Andover Bookstore
- Walden Media
Thank you to Steve DiFranza for the logo, Margarita Drozdoff,
web designer,
of Inkling Studios, Griffin Spencer for creating the
brochure and bookmark, Brett Kunze for creating the READ
posters.
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